wordless

Word family  noun word wording adjective worded wordless wordy verb word

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++word·less /ˈwɜːdləs $ ˈwɜːrd-/ adjective  SAYwithout using words 无话的；默默无言的 SYN silent a wordless prayer 默祷 She threw her arms around him in wordless grief. 她张开双臂一把抱住他，满怀无言的悲痛。 —wordlessly adverb She nodded wordlessly. 她无言地点点头。

Examples from the Corpus

wordless• They stood there in wordless amazement.• His drawings are powerful and disturbing in this wordless coffee-table-size book.• She wasn't sure when the wordless comfort changed, or even if it did.• At the door, she embraced him in wordless grief.• Wind stirred with a wordless hushing in the Forest of Andernesse.• Nothing was private; there was only wordless shame for what I had become.• Again and again and again, the wordless timid sounds of anguish continued.• We are swimmers in slow motion, we glide together through clear and wordless waves, strokes of pure genius.

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Corpus words using without

wordless
word‧less /ˈwɜːdləs $ ˈwɜːrd-/ adjectivewithout using words
   SYN  silent:
    a wordless prayer
    She threw her arms around him in wordless grief.
—wordlessly adverb:
    She nodded wordlessly.

word·lessBrE /ˈwɜːdləs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈwɜːrdləs/ 🔊 adjective (formal or literary) [usually before noun] without saying any words; silent 默默无言的；沉默的◆a wordless cry/prayer无言的痛哭；默默的祷告(of people 人) not saying anything 不语的；沉默寡言的▸ word·less·ly BrE /ˈwɜːdləsli/ 🔊NAmE /ˈwɜːrdləsli/ 🔊 adverb